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July 26, 2024 Texas Department of Transportation officials Friday announced that a bridge maintenance project in three counties is slated to begin July 30. DCC Construction and Services, LLC, was granted 140 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $1.2 million. The target completion date …

The Paris City Council approved new school-zone signs to be compatible with  the new hours for the 4-day school weeks at Paris, North Lamar and Chisum schools. Members also approved community gardens and made it illegal to park on vacant lots. The council took no action on a Cost of …

Twenty-four-year-old Jillian Elizabeth Moore of Quinlan was arrested in Hunt County on a Hopkins County warrant. She was transported to the Hopkins County jail where she was booked in for Fraudulent Use or Possession of credit or debit cards.  Her bond was set at $150,000.

Hopkins  County deputies were made aware that 25-year-old Jonathan Olguin Martinez had active felony warrants and stopped his  vehicle at the Walmart. He was arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child and 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance. A search of his vehicle turned up and suspected cocaine …

Henderson County deputies made a major drug bust involving the deadly fentanyl.  Investigators executed a search warrant on a residence in Malakoff and seized a large quantity of blue M30 fentanyl pills, suspected cocaine and a large amount of cash. Thirty-two-year-old Vanoid Leroy Dawson Jr. of Malakoff, is charged with …

By Kristen Segar Making financial literacy accessible Historically, financial literacy has been out of reach for many students in the U.S. At A&M-Commerce, around 67% of students are first-generation, which means their families may not be familiar with the economic aspects of higher education and, therefore, cannot provide information or …

  Time is running out. Help Red River Human Resources  clients by dropping off at one of the drop off locations: Love & Bagels Paris Coffee South Main Iron – Paris, Texas Guaranty Bank & Trust Toyota of Paris Nutrition Planet

  (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – CHRISTUS Mother Francs Hospital – Sulphur Springs is being recognized for excellence in stroke care by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. The national award, Get With The Guidelines – Stroke, is given to hospitals who have demonstrated excellence in stroke care. The …

  Wednesday night at 10:42, Paris Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of Lamar Avenue for traffic violations and smelled a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle. The passenger, Jataurius Keshaun Council, 24, consented to search his person. Officers found a baggie containing a usable …

  A 19-year-old man could face a second capital murder charge after the death of the second victim in a July 6 robbery and shooting. Malaki Scott Beckham remains in custody at the Bi-State Detention Center on a $2 million bond. The victim, Nicholas Webster, 19, died July 18 at CHRISTUS …

Showers and embedded thunderstorms will increase today across much of the region ahead of an upper-level disturbance that will remain stationary across Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. Given the very moist and unstable air mass in place, locally gusty winds and heavy rainfall will be possible in stronger storms, with …

  Visitation for a beloved Jasper teacher and coach, Ayden Burt, 28, killed by a stray bullet in San Antonio, will be held Thursday at Jasper’s Funeral Home. Funeral services are Friday at 11:00 am at First Methodist Church in Jasper. Burial is Friday at 4:00 pm at Harrison Armstrong …

  Kamala Harris is bringing her presidential campaign to Texas. Today, she’ll speak with teachers at a gathering in Houston for a union convention. Rice University political analyst Mark Jones says that teachers and the union have already endorsed Harris’s campaign. And she needs that support in swing states. Jones …

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents seized 106,062 marijuana plants and 1,120 pounds of processed marijuana from a growing operation in Ardmore. They made two arrests during the raid who were 34–year-old Wen Bin Huang and 37-year-old Wen Zhang Huang. They placed them in the Carter County Jail for Aggravated trafficking …

  Paris Optimist 2024 Fall Baseball Registration online continues, with  credit/debit cards only. Register now online @ww.parisoptimistbaseball.com. Make your payment, and all you have to do is wait for a coach to call you in mid-August. If you need to pay with cash or check, please attend the in-person registration on …

The Paris Police Department is hosting “Unity with the Community” on Saturday from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at the Police Station, 2910 Clarksville Street. The free event will feature Games, Face Painting, Hot Dogs, Bounce Houses, Sno Cones, and many other activities.

A 17-year-old boy is dead after he and another juvenile attempted a burglary of a habitation. Longview Police responded to a residential burglary and found the badly injured teen inside. They transported him to a hospital, where he died. Police say another teenager had arrived at the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries …

Campbell’s announced Wednesday that it will end soup production at its Paris plant within two years. The company is investing in transforming the current plant into the flagship facility for Prego Italian Sauces and Pace salsa. Soup production will transfer to other sites in Campbell’s network. According to the press …

  (AUSTIN) — Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2023-24 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan.* Newborns are children younger than one year of age at the time of enrollment. “It is never too early for Texas families to consider enrolling …

AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) will add new apprenticeship opportunities with $8,812,636 million in grant funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In each round of DOL Apprenticeship Expansion funding since 2017, TWC has successfully pursued grant awards to support the expansion of Registered Apprenticeships in …